The Sun. — London, England, 1838-05-25 00:00:00

THE StiN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1,38. 'NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND. The Third Annual General Meeting of the Court of Di rectors and Proprietors of the National Bank of Jrcland too:. PlSee Yesterday at the City of London Tavern, Bishops gate.street, for the purpose of electing four Directors in the ro an of those who go out annually by rotation, and to re tch:o the report of the Directors. EAt a few minutes past 00,e o'clock, DANIEL O'CONNELL, cciDl ' P., Governor, who was accompanied by the Direc tors ""( other officers of th e Coman, entered the room nu was very cordially received. p y 00 uS taking th e Ch a i r, Mr. O ' CONNELL said that his first nI e ty Was to ca ll upon the Secretary to read the advertise bey w hich OA meeting had been convened. ,'"Echr:;•Ar t y having r ea d th e adverti:ement, takout t r. u'C'oNNELL being one of th e Di rec t ors w h o went IA rotation, th en move d t h at R. Sutton, Jun.. E sq ., d o e chair. Itle motion having been - -aritea, • S UTTON r i-..„ oot h e ' lleting sail thq first proposition to be submitted . Was the election of four Directors in the for t n t of th e gentlemen who went out by rotation. It was t h, t he Pr o p r i etors to say whether they should re-elect (lie gentleme n t o w h om the C ompany owed so much— ti earl hear)—for th e i r constant an d very ass id uous atten °ll the interests of the Bank.—(Cheers.) ltil PROPRI ETOR h ere moved that D. O'Connell, Eq., 114'4 Thomas Vi gne, J . C . R ud i ng, and Thomas L . Mur -3,1; scis-, be re-elected Directors of the Bank. u 'lle motion h av i ng b een seconded b y another PROPRIE t: was put and unanimously carried. v,,,0311r- S UTTON would suggest that some gentleman present the d In °ye. that M r . O'Connell be again requested to take Atr Prom the great and unwearied exertions of Connell on behalf of the Bank, he was satisfied that Sha rehold ers a PPointment wou ld g i ve more genera l sat i s f act i on t o the 'archolders at large. It was then moved that Mr. O'Connell be requested to take the Chair again, which having been put to the meet tAo Carried unanimously, to 14 ,r. O'CO NNELL sa id , as tileirChairman it was now his duty c ad upon the Secretary to read the Report of the Direc -ts. If there was any gentleman who wished to refer to unY I particul ar port i on of it, the Secretary would read i t ?ap, or any passage which might be pointed out. Their °. ' I. busin ess was to have the Report distinctly understood. followsS:_ecretary then proceeded to read the Report as REPORT °l . the Di rectors of the National Bank of Ireland, made r-roprietors at the Third Annual General MeetiLg, held at th s f i ri n c h e rl i u t Y a 4 1 1 41 5 d, on Tavern, London on 'the 23d May, 1838 . the National Bank of Ireland commenced Pos e d ess ' a greeably to the plan that bad previously been pro- Parti .411d4Pproved ef, whereby each branch was excluded from u n , e ' l P/ttion in the general profits of the institution, and con itjrnty „ L . : Compelled, in self-defence, to confine the sphere of kf e - ""ig operations to its own immediate locality, without th at re nee to the general welfare; thus causing an absence of elidentity of interests and unity of purpose so especially " u itial to a profita.ble result in all extended banking operations. of th Pcvards of thr,e years' experience of the practical working sYstem, h.as fully demonstrated the propriety of its being tetiguno;ned, in order to effect a perfect unity of interests and bir e °- ,' n °Ur connection with the several branches. This the of ea found found could not be attained, so long as the operations e ,'" ank had no reference to the welfare of the whole, Ili, l . l at the continuance of a system involving so many con 'chiT.,O interests, not only militated against the prosperity of 11,,,'-',Btablishment, but rendered it extremely difficult to give of tvigorous direction, so vitally essential in the administration. In affairs 'of tin extensive Banking Institution. plied,, this chaiwe the Directors have not been un th of the importance of retaining the local shar e holders : of ac fiat certai n , an d at t h e same t i me the most equitable mo d e th,ll„riinplisliing this object, was by the conversion of the local . ap d cs of each Bank into Metropolitan Stock, thereby securing "mbining under a general unity of interests all those advan prgoes derivable from Chet support and influence of a resident ,prietary in n each locliy. 110:_12.1erever this change of system has hitherto been . propo- L l e u, it has received the support and co-operation of the Nati4fl Shareholders generally, and the Directors feel much b as s a ction in being enabled to report to this meeting, that it thra lr eady been ad o pt e d a t t wo - t hi r d s o f t h e b ranc h es, an d kre ' the interest s o f t h e L oca l P ropr i etors, i n those di st ri cts, k et ne w completely ident . fi e d, by th e ir b ecom i ng h o ld ers o f opolitan S toc k . Its ,rr he affairs of the Company are progressively so satisfactory 4inspire the ireco•:s with sanguine(gratifying expectations con d:eted with its fu D ture t success it is gratifying to observe f; t he returns from the branches, that the general business of 4 ,, Q , tank i s s t ea dil y i mproving. The increase of depos i ts t r circulation affords the most certain evidence of the growth 4 ,,N01ic confidence, and that the people of Ireland have duly 'l'reciated the enlarged views, that have characterised the establishment and conduct of the National Bank. r l i n. the last annual report, reference was made to the effects °f he monetary crisis of 1836, which operated alike against preri'llerests of - the country and the business of the Bank, and ei l d i "led the declarati o n of a di v id en d f or th e h a lf-yea r pipet li g 30th J une , 18 :3 7 . T o t hi s extent h ave t h e Pro hitiors suff ere d ; t h e f a i r and leg i timate prof i ts of the B an k tt e ng been suc h as to authorise t h e payment of a dividend at the ra te of Five per Cent. per annum, for the half year eliding ata te 3 _ ls t of December last ; as will be observed by the annexed t, to ' , lent of the year's account, which has been rendered . in f or _ Partsin order that the Proprietors may he more fully in b red of the improved position of the Bank at the December a 'nee, as compared with that of the previous half-year :—. STATEMENT TO THE IST JULY, 1837. taiNided Profits Lo ss in the half year the above date Undivided Profits £353 2 6 STATEMENT TO THE, 31ST DECEMBF:R, 1837. Undivided Profits .............. £353 2 6 Nest Profits to the above date 8,802 15 6 9,155 18 0 Half a year's dividend to the 31st December, 8,750 0 0 at th e rate of 5 per cent. per annum Undivided Profits £405 18 0 titt l i er Y the . above, it appears that the sum of 4051. 18s. remains, 4, a fair consideration and liberal allowance being made for " f arid doubtful debts, and paying off the proportion oF pre prov9a!Y and other extraordinary expenses, agreeably to the of which contained in the Deed of Settlement, and the residue 1 ( 111 ch will be liquidated within two years. th e h ee Ping in view th e i ncrease d an d increasing confidence of pr ei c r e i blic, the possessi o n o f a numerous an d act i ve resident fr efti e tarY, and th e grea t access i on o f pro fi ts t h at must accrue t e9l the ch ange of system already referred to, the Directors th ei _t h emselves f u ll y warran t e d i n convey i ng to t hi s meet i ng the conviction of the growing prosperity of the Bank, and eveYre,"ficlently trust, that the National Bank of Ireland will d h ' - '° e found con d uc i ve to th e t rue i nterests o f th e country , , tnr,, .neeforth a ff or d to i ts P ro p r i e t ors , an amp l y pro fi ta bl e re tor th e i nvestment of capital. i rlce the last Annual General Meeting, three vacancies e ° ceurred in th e Di rec ti on ( one s i nce th e not i ce conven i ng exen..4l'.'eting was published); these it has not yet been deemed t fill Th, ° up. th es - re are now to b. , cleated four Directors in the room of th,, '',„`vbc ko out by rotation, all of whom are _candidates for 4, ) ,wee, and eligible to be re-elected. i n , CHAIRMAN then said that there were three vacancies ie the Direction which had not been filled up, as the great ob 13"' was to lessen the expenses of management as much as Hear, hear.) The sum of mone y a ll owe d i n e deed.for th e expenses o f t h e Di rect i on is 4,8001. The expensess, of th e Di rec ti on l ast )car were 1,300/., showing 8041 av o ny in ‘ that item alone of 3,500/.—(Ch eers .) That. th e 1 ,300/. included not only fees to th e Di rec t ors , b u t a ent ire expenses of the Committ; :e of Manasrement— }lo4lt,hat th e ent i re expenses, instzad of being as they might e been 4,800/., were only I,Bool.—(Much cheering.)"nrse we are °pea at any time to a proposal for an (I ', e ased direction, /Ad PROPRIETOR. moved that the Report now read be °Dted, -e er'AIRMAN—Bore putting the question, I feel it la y d e f t , e tY to call th e a tt en ti on o f th e Shareholders to the co ot of th e R eport, an d some o f th e p ar ti cu l ars betained in it. Every gentleman familiar with busi ap:fs, k ll see at once that the capital of the Company, t „ntiog to up war d s o f h a lf a million, is totally un (lieued--that we have still the entire of our capital.— I e „ 41 "' hear.) The share of profits above that capital was ni l f l e e , ' very low in the former half year. The first half di t .i ear 1837 they were reduced to 3031., although no IV de ad was paid to the shareholders in that half year. - " ev e paid a dividend in the second half of the year at 4 ijatn of 5 p er cen t. per annum ; a nd instead of dimi alt-hing our surplus profits, we have added to them- - 0 0 1 y the am oun t i s i ncons id era ble. We have thus not Y Paid a divid , a - id out of the profits, but we have in ther.4sed by a small sum (notwithstanding the circunistances th;gb which th e B an k h as passe d) t h e ac t ua l a mount of th • r eserved fu n d. E ver y gen tl eman a cquainted with 4. subject w ill o f course apprec i ate t h e diffi cu lties T he the the B,,rik had to pass through.—(Hear, hear.) thn l atter end of th e y ear 1836 wa s attended with e eatable results to the commercial and monetary interests of sn : country, and the accident of one Bank in Ireland having I t D e uded its pavments created a run on all the other Banks. th e ' 4 ,.', of course * felt by the National Bank,. and occasioned d e "Ithdrawal of about-one-third of its circulation ; but the ands were promptly met.—(Hear.) There was not a tu cents hesitation at any a the branches ; the prompti e a nd readiness with which we met that run, and the beereased resources which it brought out (for we actually h a d end _`l,ia.rger amount of geld at the several branches at the 111 ;. ‘ii th e rim than at the commencement), that fact, I say, „ 1 . 4 a I ng become completely notorious throughout Irel:ind, h, is ? d our permanency and stability upon the firmest in the minds o f th e people.—(Hear, hear.) Although fr°mwere vat to cons i dera b le expense i n convey i ng money ' } "gland t o I re l an d to meet t h e run , th e resu lt h as 1 ,1 : 4 8 0 far sat i sfactory to the publ i c t h at I h ave great in er aser " in tellin g yoU our circulation and deposits have be e l ated Y to such an extent as to amount both together to 400 •000/. beyond what they were in the beginning of the year 1837.—(Hear; hear ) and cheers.) And thtis that run, which put Us tU great expense and much inconve nience in the first instance, has tended very much to the stability of the Company, the public confidence of the country, and, of course, to the increase of the profits of the Bank.—(Cheers.) 'We have made a dividend for the half year ending December, 1837 ; and with respect to the half year ending June, 1838, I am enabled to pledge myself to the Shareholders that a dividend w ill be forthcoming for that half year alsp.—( Hear, bear.) We have lessmcd the expenses wherever we possi bly could—the' effect of these reductions has not as yet come so completely into account as it will in the ensuing half year. Gentlemen= are quite aware that we could not dismiss persons in our employment, or put an end to other engagements, until the termination, of the current half year. The lessening of expenses is therefore chiefly pres pective, and will be gr idtndly coming into operiitiou. It will, however, have the effect of increasing the profits, and is another evidence of the prosperity of the concern. I be lieve, Gentlemen, I have no further observation to make to you on this Report. We have been as anxious as it was possible for any persons to be to diminish the expenses of the Company. We have gone into a centralization of the concern, if I may so term it. The Report tells you that two thirds of the Branches have taken the London stock ; and the effect of that will be, that instead of each Branch becoming the rival to the other, and each checking the circulation of its neighbour, they will now have a mutual interest to promote, and it will be immaterial to the share holders of any locality whether the notes which are circu lated be of that locality or any other—they will be equally interested in any case in its producing a profit to the general coneerh ; and thus, that which we found in some localities to be a great check to the circulation of the notes of the Bank generally, by one Branch being the rival and antagonist of the other, will be corn pletely obviated. I believe I have now laid before you the only observations it appears to me, necessary to make. We shall of course - be quite ready to enter into any ex planations which any gentleman may require, and to court ..very investigation. I shall now put the question so as to affiad any gentleman who chooses, an opportunity of ad dressing the chair upon any point which may appear to him to require elucidation. The CHAIRMAN then put the question, tip' cne Rapert received and adopted. Several questions e.e then put by the Proprietors as to the ..atary expenses—increase of profits—number of . ~..Arectors, and other matters of detail, which wete satis factorily answered from the Chair, A PROPRIETOR.—Am I to understand that the capi tal remains untouched ? The CHAIRMAN.—Yes. The PROPRIETOR.—And the profits have increased ? The CHAlRMAN.—Decidedly. The PROPRIETOR.—The greatest increase itl the amoetit of profits has been since December last ? The PROPRIETOR--Sash a report as this is highly satis factory to me, and must be equally so to all the Shaie holders. It is quite necessary that questions like these should be put, because the Bank has not been standing very high of late. Perhaps it would be desirable for the Proprietors to know the opinion of the Directors as to whether the affairs of the Company might not be as well managed by 13 as by 16. If so, expense might be saved ; and it would on that ground be de , irable that the Direc tion should remain as it at present stood. The CHAIRMAN—It is on that account that we have made no appointment to the vacant situations. The PROPRIETOR—Perhaps it would be as well to have the opinion of the Directors on that point. The CHAIRMAN—We find ourselves quite competent to conduct the business of the concern. A Sub-Committee meets at the Bank daily, and watches over the progress of every matter in which it is interested. The Directors meet twice a week, which arrangement has been come to, in order to lessen the expense. The present feeling of the Directors is, that thirteen are competent to do the busi ness of the concern.—( Hear.) That of course leaves the question open, of whether it may be deemed advisable to ncrease the number? A PROPRIETOR—What are the provisions of the deed in such a case ? The CHAIRMAN—The deed enables the Directors to elect a person when any vacanc) occurs; but it does not con tinue that appointment, unless the next annual myting confirms the preliminary appointment. Another PROPRIETOR—In the event of a public meeting having afterwards taken place, where no confirmation of the appointment takes &Ice, does the deed empower the Directors to carry on the business without increasing the number ? The CHAIRMAN—Yes, it does. If any gentleman thought proper to send in his name, we should have can vassed his election here. But we are now in this predica ment that no name has been sent in, and therefore we are not at liberty to increase the number. A PROPRIETOR—And is it the feeling of the Board that 13 are enough to conduct the business of the concern ? The CHAIRMAN—At present 13 work the business use fully and satisfactorily, There is no arrear in our books. Some of the 'oranches are yet under inspection, but the ?ccoUlts are brought up to the last moment. No letter gas been neglected, no inquiry unanswered, and all the bu siness of the concern is done completely to the day.— (Cheers.) A PROPRIETOR—I shall only trouble our Honourable Chairman with one question. I wish to know whether it is the custom of this Bank to advance money upon shares ? The CHAIRMAN—We have not done so, and as an indi vidual Director, I would say that it is an unwise proceeding. That was one of the great reasons why we wished to alter the local system, for in spite of every caution of ours, the local Directors were in the habit of advancing money upon the local shares, although not to any extent, yet we considered it injudicious, and it was one of our motives for putting forward the plan of centralization. But I have no hesitation in meeting the question to the fullest extent, and I can state that from the establishment of the Bank to the present day, not one shilling has been advanced upon London stock or London shares.—(Hear, hear.) A PROPRIETOR said it was quite necessary that that should be understood, because an impression had gone abroad that the National Bank was in the habit of advanc ing money upon shares. The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, I am able to pledge my self to you that not a single shilling has been so advanced by this Company.—(Hear.) A PROPRIETOR said he was sorry they were giving the Chairman so much trouble ; but he was desirous of know ing whether any of the branches were at the present pe riod unprofitable ? The CHAIRMAN said there had been a loss at particular branches, and these had arisen chiefly fsom indiscretion and want of judgmer. Some •of them had not made a dividend to the local Shareholders, but actual loss beyond that, he believed scarcely existed in any of the Branches—nothing, certainly, that deserved the consi deration of the shareholders. They could not, in all cases, get persons who were not acquainted with banking concerns to act with proper judgment and discretion in the office of local Directors.—(Hear.) There had been a degree of flippancy in some cases in giving credit, which they had been obliged to check, and to remove the persons who had not been sufficiently cautious in that respect. He could state, however, that, on the general average, the branches had been abundantly productive, and, he would add, that ' some of them were singularly so. A PROPRIETOR said he had heard that seine of the branches had not. been productive, and therefore he wished to know whether the Directors intended to continue them? The CHAIRMAN said the gentlemen might depend upon it that where there was a likelihood of not obtaining profit, not to speak of loss, the Directors would not continue the branch a single moment. Another PROPRIETOR said he believed that it was the general opinion that the charter of the Bank of Ireland would not he renewed by the present Government, and that was a question of some importance to the interests of the National Bank. If the question were not an improper one, he should like to know whether the Shareholders should not exert themselves to petition the Legislature against the renewal of that charter, and whether the Directors might not be able to advance such petitions. The CHAIRMAN said the question of the renewal of the .Bank of Ireland charter was one upon which, so far as he could lea rn — an d h e possesse d no exc l us i ve sources ofinformation, and lie could only, therefore, offer a conjecture—but he believed the Government had not yet come to any decision. It was, however, generally supposed by persons well-informed upon the subject, that it was im possible the monopoly could be allowed to cont'nue in its present shape. The branches of the National Bank were not within the-monopoly—that was to say, it was a mono poly which excluded them from having branches within the locality reserved for the Bank of Ireland, being a circuit of fifty miles round Dublin. The towns within that locality were i.-uffering excee.lingly from the want of banks. Drog heda, Dundalk, and Newry have concurred in taking up the question. With respect to Newry it w a s in this situa tion—that a calculation or measurement was taken by the high road, and it was found to b e out o f t h e mono p o ly ; but, unfortunately an improvement was made in the line of road, and Newry got the benefit of having the road and the monopoly into the hargain.—_(Much laughter.) These towns had sent delegates to London, and two gentleman had waited upon him, one the Mayor of Dr og h e d a , an d t h e o ther a highly respectable and intelligent mercantile man ; and they were about to-wait upon the Ch ance ll or o f t h e Ex chequer, to point out the impropriety and injustice of con tinuing the monopoly. Ireland was no w —h e was no t talk ing polities—(A laugli)—provincialized f or a l mos t e% cry Purpose of Government and taxation, and it would 1,3 too b td to be made a nation of for no other purpose than to _ . sustain a Monopoly. (Ltind • cheers.) He had the strongest impressions against its continuance, but he did not think it possible that the monopoly should extend beyond Dublin, and it would be very wrong to permit it to exist even in Dublin He aid not see why there should not be a free trade in banking as well as in everything else._ ar.) A PROPRIETOR said; as same allu,ion had been made to the monetary crisis of last year, it would be satisfactory to the Pro)rietors at large to know whether they had suf fered by bad debts at that period from the number of Bill, they 'Flue CHAIRMAN—We suffered in this way—from the want of punctuality in the payment of these bills. Thu amount of unpaid fills over due increased very much, and it was necessary for us, therefore, to leave more of our ca pital in D for the purpose of meeting our running en gagemenis ; but I have great pleasure in stating that our loss from these unpaid bills has been comparatively very ttiflng. Indeed I was astonished myself to see how trifling the 'loss was. A PitoPmETott-----Had merely put the question to as certain it the bad debts of the concern ere more than the usual proportion, and he was glad to find that such w as not the case. Another PROPRIETOR 6 ' eggeil to ask whether, in the event of the Charter of the Bank of Ireland not being re newed, there was any likelihood of another call being made. The CHAIRMAN did not sce the probability of their making mother call. At present there was not the slightest necessity, and they would issue new shares if occasion required it, ra ther than make a further call. If theßat meetinga flreland c o h f ar t t i e l r . was limited, it might be necessary to call Proprietors on the question of issuing new shares, 89 as t o ge. into the Northern part of Ireland. That district hal been overstocked with banks when they commenced, and he was satisfied that they had acted with proper caution and prudence in not pressing themselves into that quarter. It would be necessary to hare a formal and general meetin g of tile shareholders called before they could issue any new hares. A PROI , RISTOR said th it some time since there had been an action succossfelly ' . . the Manet— • by a PArty against one of Jo'n't Stock Banks, on the principle that one of the Proprietors WaA a eiergNinarn had any Act Iteeti peiseti to Obviate that inconventoce ? The CHAIRMAN 5A1 , .1 the actin, had beeti successfully defended ott the } ground that one of the shareholders was a elefgyniam . Ilurfe *ere two dr three Other legal points uhelei' discussion ; and he was diligently and vigilantly watching, in order to have the law remedied in case the decision was adverse to Joint Stock Companies. He had been attending closely to the matter, but, perhaps it would be better not to discuss these questions of law now, because in giving hips legal opiiiion he 'Hight tiniy be exposing- the masoning upon which he thought the law was in their favour, to the parties, the knavish parties interested in evading it. He could assure the pro prietor, however, that he had hi 4 eye vigilantly fixed upon the matter, and that he considered it part of his personal duty to watch the question as closely as his pro fessional knowledge would enable him. He thought the session could not pass over without some quietus being put upon that mere point of chicanes- , ---( H.eat.) It was how his duty to put the qttestion that the Report be received and adopted. The motion was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. HUTCHINSON, a Proprietor, then proposed a vote of thanks to the Directors, for the very able and satis factory manner in which they had attended to the interests of the concern.—(Cheers.) The motion, having been seconded, 'vas put, and carried unanimously. A Paoralwroa then moved a specific vote of thanks to their Chairman, for the kindness and courtesy he had evinced,throughout the proceedings of the day, and for the zeal and attention he had evinced to the interests of the Company. The motion was put, and carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thankg. He was ex tremely grateful for their kindness, and any attention he could pay to them was overrated, as it was merely the courtesy due from one gentleman to another. He was very proud of having received such a testimony of their. approbation ; but be would take the liberty of say ing, that he deserved their thanks less than any other in dividual. On the success of the National Bank he had rested not only his private but his public character, and if any accident should mar its prosperity, he should suffer not only pecuniarily, but. a great deal beyond what money could repay.—(Hear, hear.) They had the full certainty of the highest motives that could instigate any raan in at tending to their affairs, in a person in his peculiar position. —(Hear, hear.) The meeting then broke up, all parties appearing highly gratified with the proceedings of the day. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL' S-YESTERDAy . Comparing books occupied the attention of a densely-crowded room until near five o'clock, from which time until half-past six the Derby betting, compared to the dull afternoons we have noticed of late, was tolerably brisk. The Grey, suffering, no doubt, from the advance of other horses, was not so high in favour as before, one bet of 9 to 2 and several of 4 to 1 having been laid against him. Phoenix was fancied in several quarters at 5 to 1 and 11 to 2, the latter being his closing price. Cobham was backed for several hun dred pounds at 9 and 10 to 1, and left off as on Monday. D'Egville was also in request, but not• so generally as we had expected from the dennstration at the beginning of the week. Young Rowton and lon were backed for four or five hundred each, but did not maintain the prices quoted in our paper of Tuesday last. Bullion, a country horse, and for many weeks one of the 20 to 1 lot, made a very distinct advance ; the odds first taken were 16 to 1, then 14, after that several 12 and 13, and finally 14 to 1. The Gloucester shire gentlemen are of opinion tfiat they have a capital chance of winning. Nonplus dropped several points; and as no one will back him at any price he may lie considered out of the market. T wo bets were made about Albemarle, one at 30 and the second at 40 to 1. Drum-Major, Chemist, and Conservator as before. Very little done in the Oaks. Closing prices THE DERBY (WEDNESDAY NEXT). 4 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus—take 9 to 2 11 to 2 agst. Lord Jersoy's Phoenix—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham—taken 12 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's D'Egville—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Young Rowton—taken 13 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon—taken 14 to 1 agst Captain Berkeley's Bullion—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird—taken & aft. offcrred 22 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Beggarman—ditto 33 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Conservator—offered 40 to 1 agst Mr. Edwards's Drum Major—offered 40 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Albemarle—taken 40 to 1 agst Ld Suffield's Bamboo—taken & afterwards offored 50 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Amato—offered 1000 to 15 agst Duke of Grafton's Chemist—taken 1000 to 10 agst Sir J. Boswell's Constantine—offered 1100 to 1000 on the field agst first three—taken 1000 to 25 agst Bullion winning the Derby and Mdtella or Barca rolle the Oaks—taken ; 50 to 1 was aft. offered 200 to 100 on Phoenix agst Young Rowton—taken 300 even on Young Rowton agst each of four, viz., Cobham, lon, D'Egville, and bullion—taken 500 even between Young Rowton and Bullion 500 even between Young Rowton and Cobham—taken THE OAKS (FRIDAY NEXT). 6 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Ninny—offered 7 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Barcarolle—taken 10 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Callisto—taken IRELAND. (FROM OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN. MAY 23. THE POLICE.— A rumour has been afloat to-day, and repeated upon authority by those who might be supposed to know the facts. It is to the effect that Colonel M`Gregor has declined to accept the situation of Inspector-General of Constabulary, to which the Government had ap pointed him. He Was (At his way home from the West Indies when he was nominated to the office, so that the appointment was made without consulting him. He is a moderate Tory, and one of the Saints. No one was prepared for such a decided step upon his part. Major War biirtcni is reported to he nominated to the office. The Lord Lieutenant sailed yesterday for Holyhead, on his way to London, to attend the Coronation. IMPORTANT TITHE MEETINGS.—At BallyhAle, in the countyKilkenny, a Tithe meeting at which one hundred and fifty thousand person were present, was held upon Sunday last. The Chairman was a Protestant, and many of the speakers were also Protestants. There was an universal outcry against compromise upon this question, and wite; 1 one of the speakers put it to the meeting, whether they would submit t have the tithes levied under another name, as was proposed in the Minis terial Bill, there was a general cry of " No, never.? At Taghmore, in South Wexford, a similar meetirm was held, where upwards of ninety thousand persons present, and where the same spirit was evinced. Lord John Russell's present tithe plan will never be popular in this country, nor will 1 , , if it pass, be received as a boon by the people. Early yesterday Morning, the Marquis of Ormonde expired, after an illness of thirteen days, produced it is said by a severe cold. CORP3RATE REFORM.—The Mail of this evening, and the Packet Of yesterday evening, concede that the Irish corporations must be thrown open to all classes of Irishmen. ' This agreement upon the point betra) s instructions from high quarters, and is clearly indicative of the colas:, the Tory leaders are about to take. The proprietors of Lewis , Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, have. brought an action against the Evening Mail for attacking it, the venue 0. which is laid at Westminster Hall Mr. Power continues as attractive as heretofore the Haymarket. The following fashionables visited this theatre last evening :—The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Londonderry, the Earl and Countess of Harrington, Lord and Lady Teynham, Lord Lowther, Lady Doraville, Lady Clifton, Lady Riddle, Sir John and Lady Beckett, Si r William Brabazon, He". , and Mrs. Beamish, Sir John and Lady Hall, &c. &e. SHAKSPEARE.—We are requested to state that the new work, entitled" Shakspeare and his Friends ; or, the Golden Age of Merry England," in three vols. post, Svo., is published this day by Mr. Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough street, and may now be had at al! the libraries. Mr. Colburn will also publish in a few days, " The Greenwich Pensioners," by Lieut. Hatchway, R.N., three vols., and " The Man About Town," by the author of " Glances at Life," &c.."" vols. Agents : for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and l3radfute, Edinburgh; for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. MANCHESTER AND BOLTON RAILWAY. -0 " Wednesday week an experimental trip was made on this line of railway, which is now in such a state get carriages c an b e b ro ught with satey from one end to the other. `79 Penalties to a ci:nsickrable amount have been lately obtained in the Isle of Wight against persons who have been seen fol. lowing hounds without having taken out a game ecrtificatc. The penalty and coati have in each case amounted to 'even guineas. NEGRO EMANCIPATION. IMPORTANT MEETING THIS DAY . The Meeting on this important and interesting subject, which was summoned about a week ago, took place at Exeter Hall. The exei•e ment upon this question appears, so far from diminishing, to be dai!) , in creasing. Notwithstanding the shortness of the notice, the doors were besieged long Wore the hour (10 o'clock) appointed for opening, and ad_ mittanCe being given at about half-pest the Course of half an hour the large room was crowded with•a most respectable Audience. On the platform were several hundred Delegates from a❑ parts of the United Kingdom, who have come up to town to represent the feelings of the_great mass of the population throughout the empire on this subject. We observed on the platform G. Thomson, Esq. (the Anti-Slavery Advocate), Revs. Dr. Morison, EUstate Carey, J. Gilbert (of Notting ham), J. Sturge, Esq., Mr. Handley, M.P., H. Allen, Esq., Sir C. Style, M.P., %V. Ewart, Esq. (late M.P. for Liverpool), Sir G. Strickland, E Baines, Esq., J. ScholefieKi, Esq., IV P., Long, Esq., M.P., G. Bennett, Esq., Rev. J. Burnet, and J. Conder, Esq. 4, Almout five minutes past eleven, the vast audience beginning to manifest some symptoms of impatience, Mr. GEORGE THOMSON (who was loudly cheered) approached the front of the platform, and said, Lord Brougham has not yet arrived—the arrangements ate nearly completed, and the Chair will be taken the Morrient his Lordship arrives.—(Cheers ) About twenty minutes past eleven Lord Brougham appeared upon the platform. His Lordship was received with the most enthusiastic and tremendous cheering, the whole audience rising with one accord, ~ with waving of hats and handkerchiefs; and time applause was renewed and continued fOr at least five minutes, His Lettbstfte having taken the chair, spoke as follows :—The last time I had the honour of addressing you from this place, I said what I deeply felt, that I had never met the assembled thousands of my fel low -countrymen, and permit me to add, of my fellow countrywomen, under feelings of greater anxiety, and more calculated to rouse and interest one's mind. I now address you under feelings of not less in terest certainly, but of incomparably less anxiety than I then did. We were then only in A state of atieleus expectation, ' with some, indeed, of sanguine—but in others of trembling bope—who, from vernment exerted powerfully, strenuously, AO untemitt;ne.,, long experience of public men—from having the influence of Go. against them —from a knowlAge, painful, but, I fear I must add, faithful—Or he fickle, not to say c6rrupt, nature of those who in many instances r•nineose the toffislattirst—'44it HO 1 - ;:is tfenfitlirie indeed. And soon ' l / 2 ' . e fietlie. f , ;Zasee tor these apprehensions; fqr When my Hoe. Friend Sir G. Strickland— (Cheers)—the Member for that great comity, which 3 1 1$ qie greatest pride of my public life to have represented, and to'whlch representation I was mainly recommended—l record it with pride, because it is a triumph of our cause—l was mainly recom inefided, as Sir 0. Strickland and Mr. Balees, M.P. for Leeds— (CheerS)—eleell finete—i tees reeinly recommended to the exalted station of Member for Yorkshire by the pert MOO Iliad let thirty years taken on the great question of slavery and the slave trade.—(Cheers.) When Sir G. Sttickland brought 'forward the motion, met, he was; l.)' the tsnremitting hostility of the Government, who, to their eterhal ellsgriiee-e-(Letfil and repeated cheers)—to their lasting s hame—(Renewed e cheers)—and if retribtitide follows desert to their own undoing—(Continued cheering)—exerted the whole weight of or position against him—be was defeated by a majority of no less than 40. —(Hear, hear.) So far, then, we have grounds for apprehension. But when I come to look to the manrer in which the majority was com po-e , s d I felteewhet I took the liberty of expressing in a letter through the Delegate S—l felt confident that our cause was making progress, and that victory would ere long crdsdn oilr exertions --(Cheers)—not that there was any relaxation on the part of our adversaries—not that the planters' eyes were more opened to their own interests—not that the Government weakened their hostility to our eiiuse; oil the eoritteryi immediately after the division, there came an Act, which for oppressive ihjustiee; for absolute infatuation, I defy the history of faction or of Governments to produce a parallel.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Lord C. Fitzroy was dismissed from his office about the Queen's person, because he had conscientiously given all Honest s. , ote to abolish the slavery of the negroes—(Cheers)—as if to teach, on the one hand, the people of thi.teottrltq that no man but at his highest peril durst take part to support the unanimous bite of that people —as if to teach all in office that it was at the highest peril that they dared have a will of their own—(Hear, hear, and continued cheers)—as if to teach the Sovereign herself that it was at the peril of those around her that she Was surrounded by the friends of the people and theadvocates of liberty—and as if to teach, for that was the main object of the lesson they taught, to teach every man in office, and every man expectant of office—(Cheers) — that place and pelf were not for hint if he durst support the Voice of the people of Eng land in favour of the liberties of the people of England.—(Tremendous cheering.) Therefore it is that I was justified In shying What the fact compelled me to say, that if I still entertained hopes sangUin d though after defeat in the first instance, of our cause finally triumphing, it Was not because our adversaries were less zealous—not because they were more scrupulous—and above all, not because that which alone has hitherto defeated us, Government hostility was at all relaxed. Never theless, I congratulate you, from the bottom of my heart; this day, that our fears are now for the present allayed, and that we have gained a victory in the Commons House of Parliament. Now, it will not do to tell us that the division took place in a thin House. There were 260 - persons who recorded, partly by their votes, partly by pairing—who recorded their sentiments upon that question.--(Cheers.) Whose fault was it that the House was thin ?—(Hear.) The doors were open—(Laughter)— there was room enough for those that chose to take their places—there was no one to keep them away—l hope there were no ones in the lobby hinting that it would be better to have a thin House—(Laughter)---4 hope there were no persons, runners of the Treasury—Under Secretaries and Private Secretaries, and the rest of such fry—(Laughter)—active in their vocation, of hinting, that as there was a chance of being beaten, the less the attendance in the House upon the defeat, the better—(Laughter)—and hope there were no means taken to keep men away from the fear that they durst not vote with the Goeernme it aga•is their constituents. I hope there were no hints received at the Trea sury from men in the situation of poor Mr. Berke]. y, who had been thrown out at Gloucester, expressly and avowedly, and in words written under the hands of the parties, because he had voted against the people, and against the people of Gloucester particularly. I hoee that it was not in consequence of this hint, arid of plain indications from many other Members, of whom I could name a dozen or two at this moment— (Repeated cheers) who have since the vote on Sir G. Strickland's motion avowed that if Parliament were dissolved to-morrow, they would be as certain of being turned out as if they had never been in. —(Hear, and laughter.) I know persons whose influence is tremendous in the large towns which they represent—my Hon. Friend near me knows whom I mean—(Hear) —for they don't . come far from Yorkshire--I know persons con. meted with the neighbouring County Palatine of Lancaster, who re present great interests in these large places, where their interest is para mount also, and these persons have said that since their votes on Sir G. Strickland's motion, if' a dissolution carne within any reasonable number of months or years, before their late conduct was forgotten by their constituents, or compensated for by better behaviour— (Hear, hear, and laughter)--they were just as certain of being flung out of their seats as if they had never stood to represent those placese—(Loud cheers.) Therefore I suspect, although I hopeqhat it is remind an not true, that there is some foundation for the rumour current, that meincorrectly to d you lessly, at a late m eetin g of the Delegates, that gentlemen, holdin g o f fi ce o tinder the Government, had manfully anti boldly av owe d th a t t h ey were ground_ u m uc h co mmunication had t aken p lace, backwards and forwards, previous And t to Sir E. Wilmot's notion — tha t it was said, " Well, if you cannot vo t e w ith us, f at what least stay t a a w k a e y i P t ' rafor granted t ethis m . leads s not deterred by the exam p le of the dismissial of Lord Charles Fitzroy; was you a t may estated, b i,t that they would do t heir dut y and vote fo r Sir E. Wilmot's motion, and let the Governm ent turn them out if the y d urst . — (Cheers.) Why do I say I don't b elieve a word of it ? 'Why do I say that I don't beli ev e any of these gentlemen made that blustering threat? B ecause I h ave looked carefully for the names of those individuals who voted on Sir E Wilmot's motion, andinoCone of them voted for it. They did not vote against it, b u t they did not vote for le—Meer, hear.) It was voting for it that turned out Lord C. Fitzroy. Nothing was more mean or pitiful than for men to pretend to more courage or virtue than they possessed, so no man was so pitiful as him who 'pretended to vote under the risk of being turned out of office, when he knew all the 'while that be was resolved in his own base heart not to redeem that pledge, and not to vote at all.—(Cheers.) Therefore I take it for granted that this must have been all a mere groundless fabrication, and that no such preten. sion to political virtue or political courage was ever made by any of those most respectable individuals.—(lleare hear, and laughter.) But now it is said that it was an early division as well as a thin House. I have examined something respecting the thinness of the House, and I shall say a word on the earliness of thedivision: You may call fora division,but it does not follow, that you will get it.—(Hear, hear.) I have heard over and over again loud calls of " Question" when they thought it ex pedient to stop my mouth—when I was about to' reply to two or three speaker - S w h o preceded me, when they thought it more judicious an d clever to have it all their own way, ' and to obtain a division without my being allowed to answer them. No doubtl have heard " questem" called for, but it produced not the least effect upon` me. I stood till the call had ceased, and then I went on with my argument. And then the division came no doubt—the question no doubt was then rut, but it was put alter I had spoken, and not before. Then suppose our friends had called for a division, whose fault was it that they got a division ? Th e enemy had very nearly the same number of votes with ourselves —only three votes less, and why c ould th ey not stop the divi. ,ion just as they had stopped another division last night?—(Hear, hear, and a laugh. ) Now, just observe— I utterly deny we called for a di v i s i on it was their d ivision not ours.—(Hear, hear.) But suppose we had — called for it (putting it in the strongest way against ourselves) and they wanted to debate and not to divide; and that they intended to debate till two o'clock in the morning, and to bring forward all t h os e excellent and irrefragable arguments in favour of slavery; w hose fault was it we got what we wanted and got a division ? Just see what the same persons did last night. Sir James Graham brings forward a motion for the sake of doing justice, as lie conceives, and purifying the elective franchise in the county of Roxburgh, and removing one of the polling pldces—Hawick. A long and able speech is made by that Right Hon. person. The Government saw if they were to divide then they would be beaten. What did they do ? There is a great call of questiori no doubt, but do the Government give a division ? They will neither debate nor divide ; but they set up a Gentleman, a great friend of theirs, to speak against time, as it is called; that is to say, to speak so long till Hon. Members come down who arc ready to vote against the motion ; and accordingly up he gets and speaks ; but sell there is not a sufficient number, and there is no division ; but they move an adjournment, and accordingly they adjourn till to_-lay, in order that they may get a better House.—(Great laughter.) '['hat is what I understand from the newspapers of this morning. F irst there is a speech aga i nst time, and then there is a motion to adjourn the de bate. Why did they y not do that last Tuesday night ? At all events, they had plenty of people to speak.—(Laughter.) Lord John Russell, the great' enemy of negro emancipation—(Hisses)—he did not sPeake—(Continued hissing.) I am glad to hear a hiss. I will stop nosy and sit down till the gentleman who hisses comes forward, and says that Lord John Russell is not the enemy of negro emancipation. (Cheers.) If he is not the enemy of negro e mancipation, I am very glad of it, for then we shall carry our question._(Lorin cheers.) 4.11 Individual in the body of the meeting here rose, and said he apprehended the hissing was intended as a reprobation of the conduct of Lord John u"ell R —(Cries of" Yes, yes," and " H ear, hear.") -- Lord Bement/ter—l am much obliged to our friend for the inti mation:; but I do not approve of it, even with that view, for Lord John Russell is a peason fer whom I have the greatest respect. I say distinctly and plainly what I think of his conduct. It is unfor tunate—it is infatuated—it is injurious to the cause of the Govern ment itself, and, what is worse, to our cause.—(Great applause ) We are not adverse to the Government. I would rather hear any other expression of feeling towards them than that kind of hiss.— ( Hear hear, ) I hope and trust that this will be a hint and suggestion to Lord John Russell, that it will cause him to reconsider and amend the error of his ways, —( Applause.) eAfter all, it w as the y who called for the division and not we. (Hear, hear, hear.) The friends of the cause had argued the question. Sir Eardley Wilmot had stated our case. Mr. Villiers had made an excellent and 'argumenta. tire speech, and Mr. Bulwer had ably closed the case for us in an eloquent address, and all our friends were ready to answer their ob_ ject ions. It was the adverse party that called for the division.—(llear, hear.) Th e . y . thought that by the mute eloquence of numbers they could answer the manly argument of eloquence and right feeling— (Hear)—and that they would get a favourable division if they had not a favourable debate.—(Vehement applause.) The result is, that their I trick failed.--(Cheers.; Their stratagem is discomfited. The g ood and . lright cause ha s triumphed, and we gained the victory.—(Loud cheering.) I will not sayit was in spite of their arguments—for argument they offered none —but in spite of the influence of the Government and the rianter.alliance—(Cheers.) And what is this le" It is nothing more or less than that the Co - runt:Os of England have recorded their solemn reso lution upon the Journals of the.CommOtio House of Parliament—tit:A it is the opinion of the representatives of the English people that slavery dhail &me —immediately and entirely. Let me see the man endued with the courage tO to rescind that resolution.— , (llenetved cheers) Let me see the man who will move t 7 .!eseind that resolution which he. did not dare to resist by his argument.—(Applatsse,) Who stood by, or rather sat by—(A laugh)—and would 'not vote, or speak, or debafe the question—(Hear., hear) —who was absolutely mu te when the ques tion was put upon Sir E. Wilmot's motion — l e t me see that man move to rescind the resolution. They were anxious to have a Ilivision without a debate. It was not a case in which we got a narrow majority by stir. prise. The question had been debated from the beginning of the Session. Neither is it a case on Winch the House of Commons, by a narqpw ma jority, has come to one resolution, and the people of the country are of an opposite opinion, or very divided in their opinion upon that resolu tion, because all the world knows as well as. that the Sun shines by day —all the world, all Europe knows, that if there is any question upon which the people _are unanimous, it is upon that of negro emancipation. All argument, then, all experience, all justice, all religion, all humanity, and all policy being one Way, all the people of this country, with what_ ever difference of .opinion the country may be chequered upon other subjects, being with wonderfully unanimity and unexampled perseve rance agreA upon this—(Cheers) —they are decidedly in favour of this resolution of the House of Commons who represent, or pretend to represent the people—(Cheers)—who rid not represent, but did misre present the people upon Sir George Stricklatij's motion-L(Loud cheering)—having at length come into accort: with the feelings of their constituents, and having recorded the expressioi: of th a t feeling. I again say, I pause to ktivw where that man will be fou:.` d who will be bold enough to move to nullify the resolution—(Cheers) —to thwart the just wishes of the people of this country, and to move by an unexampled and almoit unprecedented at lick upon the privileges, conduct and consistency of the House of Comnons, to move that that should be held in the negative one day, which the week before was voted in the affirmative.—(toud cheers.) Be that as it may, the resolution now stands ; the people of this country and the Parliament are once more in harmony; both are pointing the same way, and there goes out to the West Indies a cheering, comforting, most consoling, and animating prospect to the poor.Negro—(Great cheering)— that that which all England had before decreed, and which Parliament had alone differed upon, had at length found favour in the sight of Par_ liament itself, and the Legislature of the laud had determined that his chain shopld be struck off' lam informed by a friend of mine'who knows these matters perfectly--I mean Mr. Scolgil-,-whose name cannot r ut expressions of gratitude to him for his great cam., be I mentioned w... ain DiL. rmed by him that the itexs has already gone lions in this cause, ti Zefore, who would rescind the out —(Great cheering.) Let those, r that news has gonel resoltition beware bow they stand, if, a week ata. - :esterday, the out, the attempt to oppose that which, the day beftre ,Lnything House of Commons sanctioned. It will be their fault, if happens in consequence.—(Cries of " Hear, hear," and loud cheering., The negro is peaceful and long.suffering. The annals of our history show us nothing that comes next to the long-suffering and patient en durance of the negro—such peaceful compliance with tyrannical power —such calm temper—such mildness as had been shown by the negro. —(Cheers.) But there is an end to all endurance. Every thing must have its limit. A worm if trod upon would turn, and even the patience of:the negro might be pushed too hard, and if the Parliament by its vote for once, in accordance with the voice of the people, whose ser vants they were, has first held out the cup of, hope to the parched lips ()t i the slare, and then, ere yet he has wetted those parched lips from that blessed cup of hope, the same Parliament by another, a rude and impi ous Act, as well as a most cruel, and a most wicked act of violence, and by mere force of numbers, dash that cup of hope front those lips parched as they have been by such cruelties—l say that not even the patience of the negro will be able to endure the mockery.—(Cheers.) I do not now, under the circumstances, for it would be absurd, enter into or renew the arguments which we formerly used upon previous occa sions—argutnents worn threadbare—arguments as familiar to every one present as that the sun shines at noonday, and withdraws his light (luring the shades of night. We are now to consider practically the state of our case, and thank God we now see the prospect of arriving at a most glorious' end of our labours.—(Cheers.) All we have to do is to perse. vere peaceably, but strenuously—we must let nothing seduce us from the performance of our duty, and the day, nay the hour, is not far dis tant, when the victory is ours.—(Cheers,) It gives me great satisfac. Lion, that though some who toiled most earnestly in (lur cause all their lives-alit'es devoted to this cause—who acted strenuously with us—whose exertions laid the foundation of our triunniti, have gone from hence, but only to be deprived of an earthly reward in order to obtain a more imperishable recompence. . I allude to such men as Wilberforce—as Granville Sharpe the earliest patriarch of our causes- 7 (Cheers)—as Stevens, one of our most strenuous, active, and useful supporters, but, above all, for those have long since passed from us, I speak chiefly of one who upon the last occasion of our meeting, was anxiously with us in heart, but who since that time has also passed away—l speak chiefly of Zacharaill Macaulay—a man whose whole life—whose health, whose fortune, and whose whole energies were spe it in our holy cause. I regret that he was not suffered to live to see the triumph of last Tues. day.—(Hear, hear.) Had he witnessed it, his feelings on departing this life would have resembled those of his friend and mine, Mr. Wilber. force, as to the passing of the Emancipation Bill.—(Cheers.) But it is delightful to think that there is still left to feel the triumph, and to sym. pathise in our exultation, one of .the earliest and- most useful of our friends, Thomas Clarkson.—(Loud cheers.) Ile, thank God, is yet spared to US -s-long may he be so.—(Loud cheers) He has la boured, notwithstanding his declining years and his exhausted frame within the last few days, by a great exertion of his pen, in a cause connect ad with the i,:yesent,—She abominable, new eastern slave trade -(Elear, hear, and loud chea.:sl—which is s°°ll' I believe to see the he may have health and strength light—aird is a proof', perhaps the ;fts'..*. : :ark.— (Cheers.) There „ to give, of his unquenchable zeal in the greaiin his life, whose is no man who has been more exemplary L twards public conduct. has been more virtuous, a nd w h ose l a tt e r cm; which he approaches, (I trust but slowly,)' more deserves to be the " end of peace."—(Cheers.) Well may we say of him, as was said,by one of our poets:— " For him no wretch is born to work and weep, • • Explore the mine, or search the dangerous deep,. Onward he bends, to meet his latter end, • Angels around support him, virtue's friend While pious resignation slopes the way; And all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences me the world is past." (Loud cheers.) And if anything—next to the success of-this great cause-- could mop , tend to soothe his declining years, it is•the enjoyment which I am sure he experimces, and no less deserves, at hearing of an assem bly like this.--(Cheers.) Let me now, having opened our proceedings— at greater length, I am afraid, than I ought—(" No, no," and great cheer. ing)—but I thought it was rendered necessary by the misrepresentations of our adversaries—let me now entreat that our proceedings may be conducted with that calmness and temperance, and absence of all un necessary excitement, which have hitherto marked our proceedings, and which is well worthy ofa worthy cause—(Hear) —let us show that though calm, we are not the .less determined to be firm and to persevere. that we regard with abhorrence any attempt to divest us (I won't use any harsh expression), but to divest us (I won't use any harsh name for it) by any measure or any stratagem of the advantage that we gained on Tuesday last, and which we have a right to keep—(Cheers)— and, above all, that every eye will be directed to the conduct, not only of the Government and the planters, but of all the Members without whose votes they can do nothing against us, and that every Member will be marked by Isis vote—(Cheers) —and that it will be held no excuse at all for any roan representing a popular place, or any man with a conscience, whether he represents more constituents or fewer, that he should haVe it to say, " I could not vote with you; I was obliged to vote against you, because if I did not I should lose my place." The 'answer is—" What! can't you afford to keep a conscience? — (Cheers.) Why, you can'afford to keep a carriage—(Loud laughter)— and rather than say, I'll roll my worthless person about in a carriage when I cannot afford to keep a conscience, which alone makes a man worthy of the name of man—(Loud and reite. rated cheering which prevented the conclusion of the Noble Lord's sentence from being heard.) The large and populous towns in York shire and Lancashire had the franchise given to them by the Parlia. mentary Reform Bill in order that the popular voice might be repre sented.— (Cheers.) What, you pretend to represent Sheffield—(Great cheering)--=you pretend to represent Manchcsta—(Renewed cheers) — 'you - pretend to repreSent Halifax ?—(Continued cheers) These places were endowed with the elective franchise expressly because it was said to be scandalous, shameful, and intolerable that such places as ranches. ter, Sheffield, and Halifax should have no voice in Parliament. We gave them the voice, and what do they do? Ten thousand times worse . . than when there was no voice at all —(Great cheering) Devonport above all !—(Tremendous the ring.) The very head and front of their offend ing—the very man who is at the bottom of all the mischief in the Co- lonial Office is the Member for Devonport—(Cheers)—and having the greatest affection and veneration for the name which he bears in the person of the head of that family—(Che:rs)—l wish he bore any other name than that.—(Tremendous cheering.) Norwich has also been represented or misrepresented; but I remember when it was represented by a gentleman of the name of Smith ; and if there is one of those de parted worthies of our great cause whose removal from this scene is more to be regretted than another, it is my excellent, amiable, and honest friend, William Smitls.—(Cheers.) , I hope the one who bears the second of these names will live . long and not be removed from this scene, because if he live long he will learn that it is not unbecoming of him, or beneath his dignity,to follow in the footsteps of h's revered father. I ask the men who represent the new constituencies of Devonport, and Manchester, ' Sheffield, and Halifax.—(Cries of " Stroud.") Yes, Stroud—(Great theering)—and as an old Whig and a friend of the re volution of 1688, which gave us our liberties and our religious liberty, I hold that 1 aril not much snore impatient of the name of Russell being degraded than the name of Grey being degraded.—(Cheers.) As for the flame of Scrope I know less about it—there have been characters of the name of Scrope at different times in our history ; but they don't shine as the Russells and the .Greys do, and therefore I pass them over.—(Hear, hear.) But if it do so happeh , that. Stroud, Shef field, Manchester, Devonport, and Halifax—(an individual on the platform said that Mr. Protheroe, one of the MemberS forsHalifax, voted for us.)—Halifax then is just- as it was before the. Reforin Bill. One of the Members, who is Secretary to the Admiralty, voted against us--the other, who is not Secretary to the Admiralty, voted for us; and I remember that Mr. Protheroe, when a candidate for Bristol, risked the loss of his seat by standing by me in the motion which I made for emancipation in the' year 1830.—(Great cheering.) But these other places are worse off than before they were represented at at all. For merly their voice was not heard—n,r, their voice is not only not heard, but they have the miserable satisfaction of a mockery of , the elective franchise—(Hear;—they send Members to Parliament who make a point of voting against them—(Cheers.) Therefore I should be in no way surprised if those brave and gallant men, the con- Stittiencies of those immense towns, were to make knqwn to their Re presentatives that though they are in office--:4 admit they will all be turned out of office if they refuse to vote—that though they may say they cannot afford to keep a conscience, these men should tell them if you can afford to keep a carriage you can afford to keep a conscience, as I said before; but they should add, lay down your carriage rather than lay down your conscience —(Cheers)—and trudge, as many an honest mars does, along the streets—aye, rather sweep the streets for honester men as they walk along- (Hear, and great cheering) than roll along those swept streets which, honester men than yourselves- I won't say, but as honest men as you, walk along and swe p for you.— (Great cheering.) But, to be sure, I have no right to say one word against any of these men, 'if they will tell me they did not vote against . their opinions. They very likely may think that slavery is a very' useful and excellent thing, and ought to be continued. 1 don't quarrel with men for their opinions, but if they :entertained this opinion, they have an opinion very much to themselves among reasonable men.— (Cheers.) But they don't speak the sense of their constituents. :they may keep their conscience, and their courage, and their places also, but there is one place they have no right to keep, and that is, being Members of those places.—(Hear, hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Then you may address them in other language, and say it these arc your conscientious opinion Save are sorry for it, and can no longer have your assistance in Parliament—you will be the best Under. secretaries of State that ever afflicted the'colonies—the most prodigious Secretaries to the Admiralty, that ever wielded the terrors of the British navy—the most inordinately exalted Home Secretaries of State that ever were known in this nether world—you may be the best of all de scriptions of men, but there is one distinction which yoU have no right to, and that is to be Members for those places.—[Mr: O'Connell here en tered the room, and was greeted with the most enthusiastic cheering.] Therefore, all I can say is, ":don't give up your places because those yea can keep consistently enough—don't give up your equipages as long as you have those places—but give up your seats for Tievonport, for Hali fax, for Sheffield, for Manchester, and for Stroud.—(Cheers.) Because, although you are very conscientious men, you don't happen to suit the c places—because you misrepresent them by running counter to the ori. nians of your constituents."—(Loud cheers.) And now, the entrain e of Mr. O'Connell reminds me of another point. Nothing could be more i c • onsistent, as he will-bear witness, and as all know who have attended to the history of Parliament, than my adherence to theft;liberal prin. i ciples, and towards the government of that misgoverned country, which I have ever made the rule of my conduct.—(Cheers.) I have the highest opinion of the Irish people, and I have always shown that I have the fullest and deepest gratitude for the benefits we have received from them—(Hear, hear) —and the members for Ireland one and all, I mean those also agree with us, have been of ines timable seivice, upon British measures, as also Imperial measures of Parliament. But there is ne reason whatever, why that opinion and those feelings I cherish, and that gratitude I have always acknowledgq, should prevent my being awake and alive,and for awaking them when they fail us.—(Hear, hear, hear.) And Ido it the mole because it will strengthen the hands of Mr. O'Connell, and enable him to give is hint to some of his Colleagues upon this question. The last time I had the honour of addressing a meeting from this glace, I expressed very strong feelings Of hope and expectation that as they had been the means, at the time when the question was first brought forward in 1804,—because they had been the means of carrying the first vote that was ever carried in Parliament for putting down the execrable African traffic—l did hope that we should have had the benefit of their votes: And if any nefarious, iniquitous, and impious attempt shall be made to rescind the resolution of last Tuesday, I confidently count upon their votes in our favour, although I regret to say, that Mr. O'Connell himself was almost the only Member who voted for us on the last occa. sion.—(Mr. O'Connell—twenty-seven.) I am speaking of the division of last Tuesday; but this is a material alteration„ because it sheWs that twenty-seven are disposed to vote for us.—(Cheers.) And therefore it may well be said it was owing to the early division or the accident that they were not there.—(Cheers.) That is a most mate rial circumstance—(Cheers)—because no man living can show a reason _ _ . . why every one of those twenty.seven who voted for Sir G. Strickland's motion, should not have voted with Mr. O'Connell the other night for ir Eardley Wilmot's motion. That is a most gratifying and agreeable p i ece of intelligence; and therefore I do most confidently hope f that no ot;,: l• mistake or inconvenience will take place to prevent us at least having, :: - . , cose '27 ; and, as round numbers arc easily remembered, I would say thirty or i',.'rtY•—(Laughter.) I shall not quarrel with it for being a little more, and ; am quite certain it can never be less.— (Cheers.) I shall now release yoZ: from the fatigue of hearing me fur ther for the present—(Tremendous eii.:sers)—and of hearing so unpro. Stable a discussion—unprofitable certainly, because many of the topics are quite familiar to you ; but I have the satin::ction of knowing that we meet in favourable circumstances, comparatively speaking, this day, and that I had to confine myself to—not the general question of slavery, which . I conceive to be settled—(Hear, hear)—but simply to the peculiar circumstances of our present position.—(Hear, hear.) I have demon strated to you that the House of Commons was not taken by surpris.:. I have demonstrated to you that it was in vain to say it was a .thin House—that was no fault of ours—that our enemies tried 10 . . , ntalie it better and failed. I have demonstrated to you it is in vain to say the division was at an early hour. 'lt was not we who ; could have debated if they had chosen—it was not we who divided, but our adversaries.— (I-fear, hear, from Mr. O'Connell.) Then it is the recorded sense of the Commons of England at last in twison with the " _ . seta. of the people who now at length they represent ; and I wish, arid i t i s % lie last word I will speak to you now—l wish to see the man v.lio Ores steno. forward by a stratagem to defeat the resolution, and dcprive us of our victb:y. — (Enthusiastic cheering for some minutes.) Sir GEORGE STRICKLANn Oen rose and said—Ay Lord, Ladies, And Gentlimen, I have been requested to movethe first r esolution. In proposing to igu this resolution, i should say that I should havct better consulted my own convenience, and perhaps my own credit if I had merely done so formally, and then remained silent—(here there was some interruption on the platform, which was terminated in a few, minutes by the ejection of the intruder). But I think that respect for so large a meeting requires that I should say a few words in reference to what has been said by the Noble and Learned Lord in• the Chair, wire has addressed you with such varied eloquence and talent, which eclipses any effort which so humble an individual as myself can make. The • ' • • Noble and Learned Chairman said that I succeeded him in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Nov that arose principally from this, that since ever I was old enough to take part in the aftitirs of public life, my efforts haVe been directed to put an end to the horrors of glavery, wherever, " ' • and in whatever shape they may exist.—(Enthusiastic cheers.) It is • principally this great cause which has placed me in the situation which I now hold—because I have pursued this great cause„ regardless of all party feeling—never looking to the right or to the left—and not asking whether a man was a Whig, or a Tory, or a Radical, if he was a friend of the wretched negro.—(Applause') This is a proof that in the great dis_ trict which I have the honour of representing, the feeling in favour of emancipation is intense and deeply seated.—(Hear.) Indeed it is not necessary to look back over the history of our country for the last fifty years to prove that the feelings of our countrymen are deeply interested in this cause, and that, whatever be their political designation, they are resolved to wipe out, entirely and for ever, the foul blot of slavery from the national character.—(Hear, hear, and great applause.) There arc other means by which I can prove that this feeling among the people is indeed intense and deep, without going back to any distant period of our history. Let us consider what has taken place within the last fbw months, and there we find that twice during that short period the tables of the Houses of Lords and Commons have acs. . tually bent under thousands of petitions from the people.—(Great cheering.) There is another souree by which we can prove, beyond this, the deep feeling there is in favour of emancipation; for I say this, there are few things which touch John Bull's feelings more deeply than this, your putting your hands into his pocket.—(Cheers.) We have paid- the enormous sum of twenty millions in money, and I know it; I know it from having attended many meetings as numerous as the present, that there was a universal feeling coinciding with mine, that England ought not to have acknowledged that liberty, that freedom was a thing Co be bought and sold—(Great cheering)—that personal liberty, in a land of freedom, could have a price put upon it.; but I say, notwithstanding this feeling, without much op-. position from the people, they should agree to pay the twenty millions of money, in order only to expedite that which they wished, but which .they were certain of carrying in the end ; that is, the abolition of negro slavery.—(Cheers.) Now that the money has been mid, now that that enormous price has been given, I know that there is a universal feeling ',out the country, that even admitting the false principle, sha t throne,- m is. not one o f the rights of men—admitting that, there personal freeze ,. .o notwithstanding the feeble efforts of argument is a universal f Gladstone, in his recent and over-ptaised made to the contrary by . e , 2 2in g , that 'England has paid twice speech--there is a universal t the sum that could be demanded. ThZre is a deep and intense feeling, s that has never been shaken, to abolish not m;. 1 7 Lavery, Lot apprentice.. ship, which is nothing but another name for slaver; ; not only slavery in • our Colonies, but slavery in any nation.—(Cheers.) We are told we cannot at once put an end to this remnant of slavery, this two years .of servitude, under the nauie of apprenticeship—why, became Mr. Glad stone in his add. vu tells you there is a contract. Now I will not go into any learned argument, but I will take tit& next instance of Mr. Gladstone himself to prove that he cannot show there is any contract, . because there were no contracting parties. The slaves were no parties to this contract—(Hear, hear)—and no psrties can thew who were par.. ties.—(Hear, hear.) Well, then, driven froth this position, their next is, " it then was not a contract, there was a compact."—(Laughter.) Driven from that, they say " there was an agreement,"—(Laughter,) and driven from that, they say "there was at least an understanuirg,"— (Laughter)—and when driven from that, they resort to "A something." --(Renewed laughter,) Now I assert there was nothing of the kind .--:(Hear, hear.) There was legislation—(Hear, hear)—but it was legislation under false pretences.—(Hear, hear.) I say that confidently for I heard' the false representations with my own ears—they were misrepresjntanons which came from the organs of the West Indian Planters in the House of Commons—(Hear, hear) —they said "give us 20,000,0001., and we will go before the wishes of the House of Cora mons in abolishing slavery : we wish slavery to be abolished"—and they insulted the slaves by calling them " labourers„" as if there was Lnything in their situation analagous to that of a labourer in this country,—(Hear, hear ) But let us admit there was comething like a contract. Has it not been entirely violated by the West Indiana them.. selves?—(Cheers.) What was the language of Lord Stanley f He said that slavery should for ever cease frosts and after the passing or the Act in the year 1833—and that the slavess should be placed precisely in the condition of labourers in England with this only difference, that for a certain number of hours every day they were to give their labour to their firmer masters and he ended with this pro mise, that not one shilling of the 20,000,0001. should be paid till full seucrity had been given for the fulfilment of the contract. I leave you to decide how this promise has been kept.—(Hear, hear.) It is said the apprenticeship was necessary as a transition state—that the negro would not otherwise be fitted for the enjoyment of perfect freedom. Now I Will quote to you the words of Lord Howick, who made a most able speech upon this subject on a former occasion. —(Hear, hear.) His Lordship said—" The amsenticeship is nothing but slavery—and as far fitting the slave for freedom by a continuance- of slavery, never was there greater nonsense attempted to be imposed upon a gullible House of Commons."—(Cheers.) The arguments 'Upon this subject never con be rebutted. Slavery, under whatever name, is an abomination. it is admitting that a man, ether by the • law of God or man, has a right and property in his fellow Mans•—has a right to the unrequited labour of his fellow-creatures. " That man is prone to indo lence" is an old maxim that you hear often repeated—that no one can be stimulated to labour but by some strong excitement. In slavery that excitement can only be the lash—in freedom it can only be wages.—( Loud cheers) When I voted with Mr. Fowell Buxton thot the apprenticeship should exist for only two years in place of six it was because I thought it would be a total failure. You must either use the whip or give them freedom or wages—the idea of appren ticeship, I thought, was a fallacy, and founded upon entirely wrong principles.—(Cheers.) We accuse the .planters with having evaded, with having failed to complete the bargain they entered into; they have relayed the money and have given nothing in return for it. We accuse them of not having p ts•ed eaactments for the purpose of carrying out the purl) ises of the Emancipation Act. We accuse them of having flogged womea iu violation of their engagements.—(Hear, hear, hear.) ' We acceuse them of having totally withdrawn the indulgences the saves enjoyed in slavery. Also in violation of the Emancipation Act, of having even in British Guiana reduced the allowance of food from 20 pints to 10 pints. We accuse them of gross breach .of faith, and how they can come forward and attempt to make out a case before the public I eatinat imagine. I caution you not to show any leaning to p arty in this question—our cause is above alt party.—(Cheers.) For myself I have' no object to forward, bat to keep that conscience which the Node lord affirms to be mare difficult to keep than to pay for the ct riage in which we drive.—( Hear.) I shall endeavour, however difficult the task may be in this, wicked world, to keep my conscience, and to foywaid this great ob;ect.—(Cheers.) The earliest feeling of my youth was an abhorrence of slavery, and I trust I shall die witk those sentiments.—(Loud and continued cheering.) Let me exhort you to lay aside all party feeling—we are yet only ; ccmnplishing what is cur easiest task, by endeavouring to do away with slavery in the British dominions. Over these dominions we have the entire power arid ou.stery, but after accomplishing our object then, I at least, for cue, s on't i it nd to go to steed.—(Hear.) I think there is a wide and vast field—n ty, 1 sin son yto say, the four quarters of the world are open in which we may still exert ourselves. In Europe there is not much, I hope, of the system. In Africa, America, and Asia, where do we not find slavery in all its horrors ?—(Cheers.) Where do you not find the accArsed slave trade ? Have we not heard that under the name of ap. prenticeship, they are now dragging the wretched and feeble inhabitants of the Eastern climes to the opposite portion of the glebe. There the transition is ten times more painful and enduring than that from Africa to America, and it would seem that while on the one hand we are abo. lishing the systeai of slavery in one quarter, on the other hand iwe are determined that humanity shall not be victorious in raising I,ttp a system so detestable and revolting.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) 1 1' , We are told that all this must be done by treaty, big let us treat with energy thin.—(Cheers.) There is slavery in America among the de. scendauts of the British, and in a more horrid form than almost any other place.—(Cheers.) We have this vast field befene us, and I shall now conclude by exhorting you to unanimity and perseverance ; and by that means, I feel fully assured, alth.iugh you may not accomplish all you wish, that it will not be long before you accomplish a vast deal.—(Loud cheers.) 'llse Rev. I. H. Jon NSTOSSE, Vicar of Tilshead, Wiltshire, iss seconding the resolution, observed that he would better consult his feelings if he refrained from rnaling.any re:nark ; but as be bad never in his life at tended a public meeting for such a puiptle, without at least expressing his firm accordance with the object in view ; so lie trusted he might he permitted to snake a few obs..rvations, and he wished it the more espe. cially, inasmuch as the friends of the negro were vilified and traduced at home and abroad ; and he was not ashamed to stand forth and say that he boasted it an honour to be vilified by the friends of West India slavery. Ile gloried in being the friend of the n egro.—(Cheers )' He saw before him a large assembly, composed of every religious and political shade of oalition ; and liesaid to every individual who went with him in promot. ' its the blessings of freedom , " The same is my brother, my sister, and toy mother.'' (Cries of " Hear.") He was no p oliti c a l partizan— the hot vocation he exercised gave him no time, nor was he di g . posed tio begin any s ense of the word a politician—(Hdar, hear, and general cheering) He took up this cause not in a political sense; for if there was one cause under heaven more devoid of political feeling tb. n another, it was this. He took it up as a minister of the Gospel of that Jesus e— ('lieu, who went about doin g g ood, Mini stering to the necessities of the —cif : h c lt i ed 'itr e c euie s'vd; andpi catlinig h herty the captiv (Hear, hear) who, t though he had now ascended up Into the